IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v14y2022i4p2148-d748777.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Experimental Study on the Hydroponics of Wetland Plants for the Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage

Author

Listed:
  • Aijing Wu

    (College of Water Resources Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China)

  • Yongbo Zhang

    (College of Water Resources Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China)

  • Xuehua Zhao

    (College of Water Resources Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China)

  • Jiamin Li

    (College of Water Resources Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China)

  • Guowei Zhang

    (College of Water Resources Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China)

  • Hong Shi

    (College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China)

  • Lina Guo

    (College of Water Resources Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China)

  • Shuyuan Xu

    (College of Water Resources Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China)

Abstract

Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) has become an important issue due to its significant ecological pollution. In this paper, phytoremediation technology and mechanism for AMD were investigated by hydroponic experiments, using six wetland plants ( Phragmites australis , Typha orientalis , Cyperus glomeratus , Scirpus validus , Iris wilsonii , Juncus effusus ) as research objects. The results showed that (1) the removal of sulfate from AMD was highest for Juncus effusus (66.78%) and Iris wilsonii (40.74%) and the removal of Mn from AMD was highest for Typha orientalis (>99%) and Phragmites australis (>99%). In addition, considering the growth condition of the plants, Juncus effusus , Iris wilsonii , and Phragmites australis were finally selected as the dominant plants for the treatment of AMD. (2) The removal pathway of pollutants in AMD included two aspects: one part was absorbed by plants, and the other part was removed through hydrolysis and precipitation processes. Our findings provide a theoretical reference for phytoremediation technology for AMD.

Suggested Citation

  • Aijing Wu & Yongbo Zhang & Xuehua Zhao & Jiamin Li & Guowei Zhang & Hong Shi & Lina Guo & Shuyuan Xu, 2022. "Experimental Study on the Hydroponics of Wetland Plants for the Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-13, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:4:p:2148-:d:748777
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/4/2148/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/4/2148/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Longjun Dong & Yanlin Zhao & Wenxue Chen, 2022. "Mining Safety and Sustainability—An Overview," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(11), pages 1-6, May.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:4:p:2148-:d:748777. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.